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The Italian start-up Ales Tech (www.ales.tech), specializing in high performance active suspension systems, is proud to announce its collaboration with Lehigh Hyperloop for the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition.

The made-in-Italy suspensions will contribute to drastically reduce the vehicle's vibrations, increasing its performance, safety and comfort at extremely high speeds.

“We are thrilled to collaborate with Lehigh Hyperloop Team” declare Luca Cesaretti and Lorenzo Andrea Parrotta, Ales Tech’s head engineers. “Our team worked round the clock to adapt our latest technologies to Lehigh’s design, and the results are very promising”.

Seamus Cullinane, Lehigh Hyperloop's design lead, remarks the overall satisfaction regarding the collaboration: "We are very excited to work with Ales Tech! They work incredibly hard to ensure that the suspension system will work incredibly well. Part of the grade we receive at the competition depends on how smooth of a ride we can provide for people. I am confident that with the system they are installing we will score incredibly high in this regard!"

Ales Tech's engineers are currently in Bethlehem, PA in the USA at Lehigh University to install and test the systems before the competition’s finals.

Ales Tech is not new to the Hyperloop challenge. The company started its activity right after that a team of talented Italian engineers (among them Luca and Lorenzo) participated in the first part of the competition, last January. Through continuous innovation at the crossroads of mechanical and electronic engineering, Ales Tech’s mission is to create the best suspension systems for the Hyperloop.